Maori Leadership in Aotearoa/New Zealand Every generation needs a new revolution-Thomas Jefferson Introduction The Maori people are the indigenous race of New Zealand (King‚ 2003). The word Maori is derived from `tangata Maori`‚ which means ordinary people and it was first used by Maori to differentiate themselves from the early European settlers (Ranford‚ n.d.). The main characteristic of Maori society is communal living‚ with social groupings based on extended families. The British colonists
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Yoruba and Maori Body Art For centuries body art and ornamentation has been performed in different cultures across the world to signify various meanings. Through anthropological research‚ we find that scarification‚ piercings‚ and permanent and nonpermanent tattooing are forms of body art and ornamentation that can be seen as a visual language done for many reasons. Schildkrout (2004) mentions "Skin‚ as a visible way of defining individual identity and cultural difference is not only a highly elaborated
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MAI Review‚ 2007‚ 3‚ Target Article 1 Mentoring Māori within a Pākehā framework G. Raumati Hook‚ Tū Waaka and L. Parehaereone Raumati Abstract: Mentoring Māori within a Pākehā framework is a challenge that faces many government agencies and corporate entities in New Zealand as they try to promote more Māori into middle and upper management roles. Unless this process is considered and carefully managed it could give rise to unexpected outcomes such as resentment and dissention triggered by insensitive
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The powhiri process is known as the welcome process in inviting its manuhiri (visitors) into the marae (a gathering place of Maori). Throughout the ceremony‚ depending on the iwi‚ the ceremony goes through many processes. Each of the process bears an important meaning from determining the cause of visitation to remembering the dead; these processes are performed with great importance in the marae. These processes‚ though bearing the same name‚ vary for different gatherings. In the literature review
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prior to 1840‚ and the impacts their contact had on Maori culture Before the 1840s there were many European groups that impacted Maori culture with positive‚ negative‚ major and minor impacts. These main groups that impacted Maori culture were the Explorers‚ Traders‚ Missionaries and the Sealers and Whalers. Some of these groups had major impacts on Maori culture and some of them had minor impacts. The explorers had a major impact to the Maori culture because they were the ones to start these
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Analyse the concept of mana and provide an example of its application. Tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices) guides Māori in social relationships and helps them to understand the world. Mana‚ the “authority‚ power‚ control‚ influence and prestige” (Ka’ai & Higgins 2004: 17) a person has‚ is one of these concepts. Every aspect of Māori culture is interwoven and their deeply holistic world view (Boyes‚ 2010a) keeps Māori connected to not only te tana kikokiko‚ physical aspects of the world‚ but te
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Reo Māori‚ Tikanga Māori‚ the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti ō Waitangi and how early childhood educators can support the inclusion of Te Ao Māori and Māori cultural knowledge within the early childhood setting. Te ao Māori can be defined as how Māori view the world. It encompasses the Māori cultures beliefs of the universe‚ how they came into existence‚ the Gods‚ Te Reo‚ Tikanga‚ Marae and access to whānau‚ hapū and iwi (Durie‚ 2005). The Māori Creation myth is the foundation of the Māori world
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3.0 The significant individual from Maori community in Aotearoa The Maori history in New Zealand started from 1300 AD. According to a research‚ the ancestors of the Maori were a Polynesian people who originating from south-east Asia‚ they were making the long traveling via Taiwan‚ through the South Pacific islands and then on to Aotearoa. There were many different tribes in the Maori community. After two European explorers found the place respectively in the middle of 18th Century and 19th Century
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Maori - The native population of New Zealand The Maori people is the original population of New Zealand. They came to the island from northern Polynesia by sea more than 1500 years ago. A popular theory suggests that they came in three large immigration waves‚ and that each wave turned into several individual Maori tribes. And even though the tribes are very similar‚ there have been lots of wars and fights between them. In this article I’m going to immerse myself with the Maori history and culture
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Discuss the proposal that Te Reo Māori be compulsory in all schools? Te Reo Māori should not be compulsory in all schools though it should be available as an option. Te Reo Māori is one of the two official languages in New Zealand it’s also part of the school’s obligation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In Article two of Te Tiriti o Waitangi it states. “Ko te Kuini o Ingarani ka wakarite ka wakaae ki nga Rangatira ki nga hapū – ki nga tangata katoa o Nu Tirani te tino rangatiratanga o o ratou wenua
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